Enabling drop lowest and/or keep highest.

If you selected either Categories only or Categories & Weighting, the enable drop/keep options will appear. All items within a category must have the same score value in order to use the drop/keep options for that category.

Select the check box next to each of the desired drop/keep options.

Enable Drop Highest: Automatically drops the highest score/s among items in a category.

Enable Drop Lowest: Automatically drops the lowest score/s among items in a category.

Enable Keep Highest: Automatically keeps the highest score/s among items in a category.

In the appropriate column, enter the number of items in each category that you wish to drop or keep. You will notice that unavailable choices are grayed out. For example, you cannot both keep and drop items in the same category, so entering a number for one of these makes the other unavailable.

Tip: Many faculty prefer to use Keep Highest as opposed to Drop Lowest, since it reflects a more accurate running total of student grades during the course of the term. Items that students have not yet completed are not dropped automatically, so one or more higher scores may be dropped until all items have been completed.

Extra credit category.

If you would like to designate a category as extra credit, select the check box in the Extra Credit column next to the category. Extra credit items add to the student's total grade, but points do not detract from the overall grade if not completed. For more information on extra credit, see How does extra credit work?

Tip: Both entire categories and individual gradebook items within any category may be designated as extra credit.

Save your changes.

Once you have finished with your gradebook setup, don't forget to click on the Save Changes button at the bottom to save your changes.